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Glen or Glenda? Overview:

Glen or Glenda? (1953) was a Drama - Comedy Film directed by Edward D. Wood Jr. and produced by George Weiss.

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Cinematic Dregs: Glen or Glenda?

By Barry P. on Jul 13, 2014 From Cinematic Catharsis

(1953) Written and directed by Edward D. Wood, Jr.; Starring: Bela Lugosi, Edward D. Wood, Jr., Lyle Talbot, Dolores Fuller Rating: *** “I’m a young punk and here I’m working with the great master and I was fighting the fact that am I doing right by the man; am I doing... Read full article

Cinematic Dregs: Glen or Glenda?

By Barry P. on Jul 13, 2014 From Cinematic Catharsis

(1953) Written and directed by Edward D. Wood, Jr.; Starring: Bela Lugosi, Edward D. Wood, Jr., Lyle Talbot, Dolores Fuller Rating: *** “I’m a young punk and here I’m working with the great master and I was fighting the fact that am I doing right by the man; am I doing... Read full article

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Glen or Glenda? Quotes:

Glen: My mind is in a muddle. Like... thick fog. I can't make sense to myself sometimes.
Scientist: Beware! Beware of the big green dragon that sits on your doorstep. He eats little boys... Puppy dog tails, and BIG FAT SNAILS... Beware... Take care... Beware!
Scientist: No one can really tell the story. Mistakes are made. But there is no mistaking the thoughts in a man's mind. The story is begun.
Scientist: Pull the string! Pull the string!
Scientist: People... all going somewhere... all with their own thoughts... their own ideas... all with their own personalities.
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Glen or Glenda? Facts
Originally intended to be (loosely) based upon the story of sex-change pioneer Christine Jorgensen, but Edward D. Wood Jr. - a transvestite - instead made it into a film about transvestism.
The scene where a man wearing a fake beard ties up a girl on a sofa was shot separately, before the production of this film, and edited in to add 'spice'.
Stock footage totals 13 mins, 48 secs, or 20% of the total run time including credits. 73 seconds of stock run concurrently with new footage of Bela Lugosi. Stock scenes include "Fake Lightning", used 6 times, "Pedestrians" 3 times, "Highway Day" 3 times, "Highway Night" twice, "Playground" twice, "Superior Court" twice, "Ridiculous Soft Core", "Natives", "Bison Stampede", "Parking Lot", "Steel Foundry", "WWII", "Ambulance", "Airplane", "Signalman", "Milkman", and "Girls with Fuzzy Hats or Sweaters"
Alternate titles for this included "I Changed My Sex", "He or She" and "I Led Two Lives".
This film is listed among the Top Ten Best Bad Films ever made in Golden Raspberry Award founder John Wilson's book THE OFFICIAL RAZZIE MOVIE GUIDE.
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